Ooh, thank you for taking the time to outline it for me ^_^
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I have two alts because I just love crafting things myself.
So for those who are interested in leveling crafting alts here is my suggestion:
1. Do a couple main story quests a day
2. Do your grand company turn ins (Even turn in NQ, I would buy anything off the mb under 10k)
a. You can do leves to expedite the leveling.
3. Ixal dailies till 50
4. Moogle dailies till 60
5. Any raw mats you need quick synthed do it on the alt with an engineering manual and food buff going.
6. Challenge logs! Really easy and good bonuses!
That will get you there without much fuss.
As for the melding, you get most of the V's you need from the moogles. For the IV's you have ixal, red scrip, airships and spirit bonding.
Also if you level your gatherers too, you can level their retainers as BTN/MINER/DoW. Then for each alt you have free ventures! Gear them up and get mats incoming constantly and you can focus on crafting. The extra retainers is the real advantage of crafting alts. xD So while you are leveling them with GC turn ins spend your seals on ventures (coins) and things like borax etc. Anyways hope that helps! :D